Original paper
A Taxonomy of Protest Voting
Abstract
Observers of elections often report that voters have engaged in protest voting. We find that “protest voting” refers to a wide range of behaviors, and we create a taxonomy of these phenomena. Support for fringe or insurgent parties is often labeled as protest voting. Voting theorists have used the term in a completely different way, identifying an unusual type of tactical voting as protest voting. Protest voting also occurs when voters cast...
Paper Details
Title
A Taxonomy of Protest Voting
Published Date
May 11, 2018
Volume
21
Issue
1
Pages
135 - 154